Machinery for making cup-wafers, sugar-wafer biscuits, and the like.



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ANU THB LIKEe APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2o. 1906.

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THOMAS OWEN BATES, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

MACMNERY FOR MAKING CUP-WAFERS, SUGAR-*WAFER BISUUTS, ND THE LIKE.

i. Specica-tion of Letters' Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application illd November Bof 1906. Serial No. 344.229.

To all whom 'it may concern." y

Be it known that I, THOMAS OWEN BATES,

a Subj ect 'of the King of England, residing at Liverpool, in the countyof Lancaster, Eng-Q land, ave invented new anduseullrn rovernents inMachinery for Making Cup'-- afers, Sugar-Wafer Biscuits, andthe Like, ofwhich the following'is a specification.

This invention has reference to machinery for making sugar cup Wafersofvarious shapes sugar wafer biscuits, and the like of the kind in whichthe material is cooked between two f plates hinged together andathiptedv to be moved in relation to each other about\such hinge -Whencharging the material to be cooked, and removing the cooked articles,and it has for its object to provide im rovements hereinafter described,by whic this type of article, and more especially cups, can be madeexpeditiously, economically, and of good quality and class.

The invention will be described with the aid of the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate it; and the novel characteristics under itare set out in the claiming clauses concludinor the specification. A

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleval tion in sectionl of theapparatus or machine constructed and adapte to make cup wafers and thelike; Fig. 2 is a backend elevation; and Fig. 3 a plan; Fig. 4 is adetail view.

Referring to the drawings, according to this invention, the matrices 2in which the cups aremade, are provided on the plate 1; and this platehas hinged to it, at an( by the hinge 9, a plate 10, ofwhich 12 are thehinge cheeks fitting one on either side of the hinged boss 3 of theplate 1. The plate 1.0 contains the dies or inner formers '11, whichform the cores to the articles beine' made.

The upper and lower plates 10 and 1 have at the front and back,projecting-parts at 13, 13, which form trunnions, which rest in thefront and back plates of the box or casing 17 of the machine; the edgesof these plates being gapped out to receive the trunnions, and formbearings for same, upon which the whole device is adapted to revolve.

-The whole of the movable parts, that is, the upper and lower plates 10,1 are balanced by weighted levers 1S, mounted on two hinge pins 19,mounted in bearings'20, the axes of which are normally coincident withthe axis of the hinged in oi the hinge 9, connecting the upper andlbwerplates; andthese levers are connected to the front end of 'the plates bya bar 21 which is in the forni of a fork at coupled up with, the hingepins 19 of the wei hted levers 18; while the other partis in t e form'of a bridge, bar extending over the plates to the front portion, towhich it is connected by a link 22, to one oi the mani ulatingprongs,14, of the u per plate 10; t e lower prong 6 being cou lied to the upperthe back, the two ends ofthe fork being prong 14 by a ring 7, Whic slipsonto and of? its end as and when desired. The link 22, at its lower end,is provided with an eye, which forms a bearing to the rong 14; and thelink pro er itself is disposedD at one side of this eye, ass iown inFig. 4.

When the'two platesl and 10 are disconnected, which is'eected' by movingthe ring 7 ot'the end of the prong 14, and the-upper late 10 is .freeto. nieve upward u on the inge 9, it will be balanced by the weights 18,

or nioved up Aby them; and when in the u per position as shownv in thedotted lines, t e

plate will be held up in such position by the weights thereby enablingthe contents, that y is, t e cups of biscuits, etc. to be moved from thematrices 2, and fresh batter supplied to them.

The lower prong 6 is hinged at 8 in the plate 1 at a point near itsconnection with same, as shown; and has a short extension inwards of thehinge 8, b which means, when the two prongs are re eased from eachother, by taking ofi' the ring 7; and the lower one 6 is pressed down,the upper plate 10 will be forced a slight distance up, and completelyseparated from the lower late, thus obviatiiig diiiciilties in dividingt rese plates which sometimes happens, due to the vacuum between them.

ln connection with the plate 10 there is employed a plate 15 whichseparates the cups made from the cores or dies 11, by just reniovin thema su'tlicient degree to revent their sticking tothem on cooling, W enthedoor or 'ii per plate 10 is opened.. This plate 15 there ore acts asa stripping or starting means. the cores 11 pass t rough the holes init, and -v it rests normally against the inner surface of the plate 10;the 'upper parts of the cores ll-which are made slightly largerthanthewidest part of such cores which act on the batterpractically ll theapertures; and 'the lower surface of this plate will act or The late 15is perforated, and

press upon the upper part of the batter, which enerally spreads acrossthe surface of the p ate 1, and joins the cups together.

The amount of movements of the stripper plate 15,-which is-supportedandits movement limited by the set screws 16-to effect this starting orstri ping action, need be very small, and it nee be only actuated fromone end or part; and this i's'done, referably, automatically, on theopening o the upper plate or lid 10, by a device connected with it,which, when the upper plate or lid is raised, acts on the stripperplate, andA moves it away from such upper plate 10. The device shown inthe drawing for effecting this, is convenient and simple, and consistsof` a species of trigger or lever 23, hinged at 24.-' to the plate 10,having the front end lying over the stripper plate 15, and the otherover a projection or cam-shaped device 4 on the end of the boss 3,which, when the plate 10 is moved up olf the )late 1` and revolves aboutthe lungo 9, will obstruct this trigger 23 and cause its'front end to bedepressed; and this end being connected with pins 25 provided on thelate 15, will press it down, and away from t e plate 10. 0f course thisaction'vwill be arranged to take place at the re uired moment.

he apparatus is heated by a burner 26 in the bottom of the box or base10; and in the cooking o eration the )late 1 and matrices 2 Will be s tdownwards, so as to be heated bythe burner, and then the whole deviceturned roundon the trunnions 5, by taking hold olf-'and turning theprongs 14, 6, so that the plate 10 vbecomes downmost, and will be heatedby the burner. In this action, it will be seen that in turning'it-theapparatusso that the matrices 1 come upper most, the prong 6 can lieabove the prong 14, by reason of the link 22 being to one side of thevertical plane of same, as shown in Fig. 4'.'

What 1s claimed is z* 1. In machinery for making cu sugar wafers,biscuits, and the lates between which the material is cooked lingedtogether at oner end, trunnions on which said balance weig t leverhaving a hinge separate from that of the plates, but coincident -withwafers,

tb'atiof'the said plate. hinge, and connected with the upper p ate ofthe device; substantially as described.

2.- ln machinery for making cup wafers, sugar wafers, biscuits, and thelike, the'arrangement of u )per and lower plates -10 and 1, hin ed togetier at one end; a weighted lever l-*hingcd eoincidently with theaforesaid hinge, and inthe form of a bridge; and

projectine' parts, as 14 and 16,.adapted to be connecter together, withone of which ythe end of the bridge bar 21 isconnected; as herein setforth.

ln testimony whereof I-have signed my nameI to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.' v

THOMAS OWEN BATES. Witnesses:

S. GoonALL, l". E. Fnmc'rwoon.

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